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Kerriidae
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Kerriidae is a family of scale insects, commonly known as lac insects or lac scales, erected by Karl Lindinger in 1937.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyKerriidae
Kerriidae (лат.) — семейство полужесткокрылых насекомых-кокцид, лаковые червецы. Имеют коммерческое значение, некоторые виды культивируются для производства шеллака. Около 90 видов.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Kerriidae
- Collections
- WAM, NHMUK, MSU
- Recorded in
- Australia, Uganda, India, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Kerridae
- taxon name
- Kerriidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Kerriidae
- taxon common name
- Lac Scales
- taxon author citation
- Lindinger, 1937
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Kerriidae is a family of scale insects, commonly known as lac insects or lac scales, erected by Karl Lindinger in 1937.
Some members of the genera Metatachardia, Tachardiella, Austrotacharidia, Afrotachardina, Tachardina, and Kerria are raised for commercial purposes, though the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca. These insects secrete a waxy resin that is harvested and converted commercially into lac and shellac, used in various dyes, cosmetics, food glazes, wood finishing varnishes and polishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerriidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.